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Sanyo develops blue-violet laser -- 54GB per disc side

Written by Petteri Pyyny @ 28 Mar 2003 10:09 User comments (5)

Sanyo develops blue-violet laser -- 54GB per disc side

Sanyo has announced that it is developing next generation laser for optical storage that would double the storage capacity of 27GB per disc per side, currently available on Blu-Ray discs that use blue laser technology for recording (DVDs and CDs use red laser technology)
Sanyo's claims at this stage are extremely vague -- according to some news reporting, this would be a "dual layer" Blu-Ray and not a new technology, but this sounds highly unlikely to us, since we're talking about different laser wavelengths here. But Sanyo's plans are to demonstrate the first products by July this year and start mass production by end of the year.

This isn't exactly what world wanted at this point -- a new technology to stir the already-messed-up "next generation DVD" wars that are emerging between whopping four different formats. And all this is happening when the good olde DVD recordable markets are finally gaining ground despite format wars.



Source: Digit-Life

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5 user comments

128.3.2003 10:29
AND1
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got damn !!!! 54 GB one side!!

228.3.2003 17:19

MMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm 54GB, why thats over twice my current hard drive space!!!!! the future's birght, the future's BLUE!!!

331.3.2003 09:41
T2K
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what does the difference in color have to do with it??? blue/red im thinkin smaller laser

431.3.2003 09:51

I'm happy, at least people will stop bitching about 4.36GB being enough to store their crappy film and the extras and the menus ;) Paul.

518.5.2003 17:58
fedrive
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US Patented UV/Blue Holographic Storage http://www.colossalstorage.net

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